Herman green



H. GREEN.

(No Model.)

WAISTBAND.

Patented Jan. 28, 1896.

w m M UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HERMANGREEN, OF NEV YORK, N. Y.,VASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO THENE7 YORK YAISTBAND COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

WAISTBAND.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 553,647, dated 'January28, 1896.

Application med November 7,1895. serial No. 568,173. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, HERMAN GREEN, a subject of the Emperor of Germany,and a resident of the city, county, and State of New York, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Vaistbands, '&c., of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming part hereof.

lVaistbands and other like articles which serve in part for theattachment of one garment to another, as of boys short pants to waistsor other upper garments, are commonly constructed so that there may bemore or less yielding between the two garments. This result is mostconveniently attained and with the least expense by arranging thewaistband to be sewed directly to the pants or other garment, and byproviding it with elastic button-loops, which are adapted to be engagedwith the buttons of the waist or other upper garment. Owing to theliability of such elastic loops to break when stretched to the limit,and especially after the rubber has deteriorated somewhat, and thereforeto leave the lower garment without support at the point where the loopis broken, the loop-bands-that is to say, waistbands having elasticloops-are sometimes considered less desirable than those which atgreater expense are formed with buttonholes and are attached to thepants or other garment by means of elastic straps or webbing. I havesought to produce a loopband which shall be considerably less expensivethan the buttonhole-band and shall be practically as durable andreliable. Accordingly I supplement and reinforce each elastic band byanother band which is relatively slack or longer than the elastic bandand which, being engaged with the same button, comes into play when theshorter elastic band is stretched.

The improved construction and relation of parts willbe more fullydescribed hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, inwhich I have illustrated a convenient embodiment of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure l represents in plan view one of the slack or`longer loops applied 5o to the piece of fabric or portion of awaistband. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing also the shorter elasticloop applied tothe fabric with the slack loop. Fig. 3 is asimilar view,but representing the fabric as folded in the ordinary manner for awaistband and the free portions of the two loops as connected to gether.Fig. 4 shows the waistband in section and the loops in edge view.

The fabric A, to which the loops hereinafter referred to are secured,may be of any suitable character and preferably is adapted for theformation of the ordinarywaistband which is applied to boys short pants.To the waistband or other fabric or garment are applied the supplementalor reinforcing loops B at the desired intervals, only one such loopbeing shown in each of the several iigures of the drawings, as it willsuce for illustration of the invention. The members b b of each loop Bare secured to the waistband or fabric A by stitches or by a metallicclip or otherwise, as at b', and again at a short distance from thepoint b', as at b2, an eye being thereby formed by each member betweenitself and the fabric A. Preferably, also, the ends of the members areextended farther and are again attached to the fabric or waistband Anear the lower edge thereof, as at b3. The loops B may be made of anysuitable material, either elastic or inelastic, the ordinary braidedcord being preferably employed for the purpose.

An elastic loop C is secured, together with each loop B, to thewaistband or other article A, bei'ng somewhat shorter than the loop B,so that the said loop B shall be slack when the loop C is inits normalposition and, being engaged with the same button of the waist or othergarment, shall come into play to receive strain onlywhen the elasticloop O is stretched, thereby supplementing and reinforcing the saidelastic loop C and preventing its subjection to a breaking strain.

The loops C are most convenientlysecured to the fabric or waistband A inthe'manner represented in Figs. Zand Ll--that is to say, the ends c c ofthe elastic cord which forms the loop are passed in opposite directions,or from the outside inward, through the respective eyes formed by themembers h h of the loop B between the points b and b2, one end c beingpassed through the eye formed by the one member b between itself and thefabric IOO andthe other end c being passed through the other eye formedby the other member b between itself and the fabric, and are thensecured together, as at c', so that the strain on the loop C shall besustained in part by the stitches or other means for securing the loop Bto the fabric A at Z1', this manner of securing the loops C being lesslikely to result in cutting and breaking the rubber core of the elasticcord than if it should be attempted to sew the cord directly to thefabric. Prefer ably the ends c c of the loop C are secured together to asmall piece of fabric D, as at c', the said piece D being sufficientlylong to reach to the line indicated by the broken line a c of Figs. land 2, upon which the fabric is folded to form the waistband, the fabricbeing also folded as usual upon the lines a a' and ai a2. Subsequently,when the waistband is secured to the pants by sewing along the line a3ai, the end of the piece B is caught by the stitches and the strain ofthe loop C is thereby further distributed.

It is obvious that the waistband might be used with the loops, asrepresented in Fig. 2; but as one loop might then be engaged with thebutton without the other, l prefer to conneet the free portions of thetwo loops B and C together in such manner as to insure the engagement ofboth with the button, but to leave the loop B normally slack, as before.For this purpose the loops might be connected by a few stitches or by ametallic plate, as at E.

The mode of use of the improvement herein described and the advantageswhich ow therefrom will be readily apparent from the foregoingdescription without further expla nation herein.

l claim as my inventionl. The combination with a waist-band or otherlike article, of an elastic button-loop and a relatively slack or longerbutton-loop, both of said loops being secured together to said waistbandor other article and adapted to co-operate with the same button, wherebythe relatively slack or longer loop supplements and reinforces theelastic loop when the latter is stretched, substantially as shown anddescribed.

2. The combination with a waistband or other like article, of an elasticbutton-loop and a relatively slack or longer button-loop, both of saidloops being secured together to said waistband or other article andadapted to cooperate with the same button, whereby the relatively slackor longer loop supplements and reinforces the elastic loop when thelatter is stretched, the free portions of said loops being also securedtogether, substantially as shown and described.

3. The combination with a waistband or other like article, of abutton-loop having each of its members secured to the waistband or otherarticle at two different points, whereby one eye is formed between onemember and the fabric and another eye is formed between the other memberand the fabric and an elastic loop having one end passed through one ofsaid eyes and the other end passed through the other of said eyes in theopposite direction and having the two ends secured together,substantially as shown and described.

4t. The combination with a waistband or other like article of a button-loop having each of its members secured to the waistband or otherarticle at two different points whereby one eye is formed between onemember and the fabric and another eye is formed between the other memberand the fabric, an elastic loop having one end passed through one ofsaid eyes and the other end passed through theV other of said eyes inthe opposite direction and having said ends secured together, and apiece of fabric to which the ends of the elastic loop are secured andwhich is secured to the waistband or other article, substantially asshown and described.

This speciiication signed and witnessed this -ith day of November, A. D.1395.

HERMAN GREEN. In presence of ALFRED W. KIDDLE, XV. B. GREELEY.

